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- North Korea defence minister executed by anti-aircraft gun, says report
- North Korea's defence chief Hyon Yong Chol: archive video footage
- Malaysia tells thousands of Rohingya refugees to 'go back to your country'
- Theresa May refuses to be drawn on Isis runaways' right to return to UK
- Amtrak train crash: at least five killed in Philadelphia derailment
- MH370 search discovers shipwreck
- Dozens killed in Karachi bus attack
- Tony Abbott proud of budget spending on Indigenous affairs - video
- Israel must be held to account for occupation, say ex-European leaders
- The sex school breaking taboos in Kyrgyzstan
- Could this be the world's most efficient solar electricity system?
- Nepal earthquake: thousands sleep outdoors amid fears of further disaster
- Ukraine's refugees find solace in Poland, Europe's most homogenous society
- Nauru asylum seekers could face jail for protesting conditions under new law
- From the archive, 13 May 1915: Anti-German riots spread
- Cambodia forest communities confront illegal loggers as authorities look away
- 10 years after Andijan massacre, Uzbek refugees remain silenced by fear
- 'You can’t trust anybody': the Mexicans caught up in the drug war just south of Texas
- Amtrak passengers try to escape in immediate aftermath of Philadelphia train crash – video
- Missing Bangladesh opposition spokesman surfaces in India
| North Korea defence minister executed by anti-aircraft gun, says report Posted: 13 May 2015 01:19 AM PDT South Korea intelligence agency reports Hyon Yong Chol fell out of favour with Kim Jong-Un North Korea has executed its defence chief on treason charges, Seoul's National Intelligence Service was quoted as telling lawmakers, in the latest of a series of high-level purges since Kim Jong Un took power after his father's death in 2011. Hyon Yong Chol, who heads the isolated country's military, was purged and then executed by firing squad with an antiaircraft gun, watched by hundreds of people, South Korean media reported on Wednesday, citing the NIS's comments to a parliamentary panel. Continue reading...        |
| North Korea's defence chief Hyon Yong Chol: archive video footage Posted: 13 May 2015 12:53 AM PDT File footage from North Korean state media and local agencies shows various appearances of North Korea's defence chief, Hyon Yong Chol, who has now been executed with an anti-aircraft gun, according to South Korean intelligence. Seoul's National Intelligence Service was quoted as telling politicians that the chief fell out of favour with Kim Jong Un for falling asleep during a military event Continue reading...         |
| Malaysia tells thousands of Rohingya refugees to 'go back to your country' Posted: 13 May 2015 12:46 AM PDT Minister says his country is unwilling to accept boatloads of people fleeing poverty and persecution in Bangladesh and Burma Malaysia said on Wednesday it would no longer accept new arrivals of ethnic minority Rohingya fleeing persecution in Burma, as the UN refugee agency expressed surprise that south-east Asian nations were now turning back boats. Up to 8,000 impoverished Bangladeshi migrants and Rohingya asylum seekers are still believed to be stranded at sea close to Malaysia and Indonesia. Continue reading...        |
| Theresa May refuses to be drawn on Isis runaways' right to return to UK Posted: 13 May 2015 12:30 AM PDT Home secretary says attempts to return are dealt with on a case-by-case basis after reports emerge of three teenage British jihadi brides on the run from Isis         |
| Amtrak train crash: at least five killed in Philadelphia derailment Posted: 13 May 2015 12:24 AM PDT Mayor describes 'disastrous' scene with dozens more injured in train wreck on north-eastern service between Washington DC and New York Continue reading...        |
| MH370 search discovers shipwreck Posted: 13 May 2015 12:10 AM PDT Australian-led team scouring the southern Indian Ocean finds anchor and debris from uncharted wreck at depth of nearly 4,000 metres The hunt for missing the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has uncovered a previously uncharted shipwreck, leading officials to say on Wednesday that if the plane is in their search zone they will find it. The Australian-led team is scouring the southern Indian Ocean seabed in hope of finding the final resting place of MH370, which vanished on 8 March 2014 en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Continue reading...        |
| Dozens killed in Karachi bus attack Posted: 12 May 2015 11:53 PM PDT Gunmen on motorcycles open fire on vehicle in south Pakistan city, police say Gunmen killed dozens of commuters in the Pakistani port city of Karachi on Tuesday after forcing their way onto a crowded bus carrying members of a minority Islamic sect.         |
| Tony Abbott proud of budget spending on Indigenous affairs - video Posted: 12 May 2015 11:25 PM PDT The National Congress of Australia's First Peoples says the 2015 budget 'is not a budget for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' , despite the prime minister saying he's proud of its Indigenous spending. Les Malezer of the congress says the budget 'did not correct the disaster created by last year's budget' , but Tony Abbott says the government is serious about 'doing the right thing'. 'Essentially we have maintained Indigenous spending in this budget and I'm very proud of that', Abbott says Continue reading...         |
| Israel must be held to account for occupation, say ex-European leaders Posted: 12 May 2015 11:15 PM PDT European Eminent Persons Group says PM Binyamin Netanyahu has little interest in two-state solution and EU must take the lead A high-profile group of former European political leaders and diplomats has called for the urgent reassessment of EU policy on the question of a Palestinian state and has insisted Israel must be held to account for its actions in the occupied territories. In a hard-hitting letter to the EU's foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, the group – which includes former prime ministers, foreign ministers and ambassadors also expresses serious doubts about the ability of the US to lead substantive negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians. Continue reading...        |
| The sex school breaking taboos in Kyrgyzstan Posted: 12 May 2015 11:00 PM PDT Teaching people to be confident about intercourse is vital, says founder, whose classes have been so successful she is expanding into neighbouring Kazakhstan. Eurasianet reports Continue reading...        |
| Could this be the world's most efficient solar electricity system? Posted: 12 May 2015 11:00 PM PDT Using military technology and a zero-emission engine invented by a 19th-century Scot, Swedish firm seeks to revolutionise solar energy production Continue reading...        |
| Nepal earthquake: thousands sleep outdoors amid fears of further disaster Posted: 12 May 2015 10:38 PM PDT Impoverished country appeals for aid, medical experts and helicopters as second quake kills dozens and injures thousands Continue reading...        |
| Ukraine's refugees find solace in Poland, Europe's most homogenous society Posted: 12 May 2015 10:00 PM PDT Hundred of thousands have fled to their neighbouring country since the current conflict began, with some taking jobs vacated by emigrants to the west         |
| Nauru asylum seekers could face jail for protesting conditions under new law Posted: 12 May 2015 09:48 PM PDT New criminal statute comes amid escalating attacks on the judiciary and political opposition on the island, according to legal experts Continue reading...        |
| From the archive, 13 May 1915: Anti-German riots spread Posted: 12 May 2015 09:30 PM PDT Mobs attack Germans in Manchester, Liverpool and London as feelings run high following the sinking of the Lusitania and the use of gas on Allied troops Continue reading...        |
| Cambodia forest communities confront illegal loggers as authorities look away Posted: 12 May 2015 09:00 PM PDT Deforestation threatens one of the largest evergreen forests in south-east Asia but local patrols are powerless to stop loggers whose livelihoods rely on the timber Continue reading...        |
| 10 years after Andijan massacre, Uzbek refugees remain silenced by fear Posted: 12 May 2015 09:00 PM PDT A decade later and thousands of miles away, the lives of survivors are still scarred by one of the world's most repressive regimes. Eurasianet.org reports Continue reading...        |
| 'You can’t trust anybody': the Mexicans caught up in the drug war just south of Texas Posted: 12 May 2015 09:00 PM PDT Cartel violence in Tamaulipas state has claimed 254 lives in the first three months of this year, but has largely gone unreported in the press Continue reading...        |
| Amtrak passengers try to escape in immediate aftermath of Philadelphia train crash – video Posted: 12 May 2015 08:54 PM PDT Video posted to social media shows the moment after a train crash in Philadelphia, which injured dozens of people. The train was traveling from Washington DC to New York. Roads were blocked around the crash site in the immediate aftermath. Local media reported that eight to 10 cars had been derailed Continue reading...         |
| Missing Bangladesh opposition spokesman surfaces in India Posted: 12 May 2015 07:55 PM PDT Salahuddin Ahmed, a former minister for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, said he had been snatched in his home country in March Continue reading...        |
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